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##  [Technology](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/categories/technology)

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##  [Replacing Your Business Computers Actually Protects Your Bottom Line](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/replacing-your-business-computers-actually-protects-your-bottom-line)

  Monday, 01 June 2026

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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How frustrating is it when your computer just doesn’t want to cooperate, whether it takes its sweet time starting up in the morning or decides to go on break in the middle of a meeting? How frustrating it is to see it happening to your team members, fully aware that they are feeling the same frustration you would? How much does it cost you, all events converging over time?

How much of a relief would it be if all these problems stemmed from one source: it being the time to retire that particular piece of hardware and replace it with something new?

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##  [The Math Behind the 5-Second Tech Lag](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/the-math-behind-the-5-second-tech-lag)

  Wednesday, 20 May 2026

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How much does a 5-second lag on your technology cost? Most business owners will look at an aging laptop and think, “It still works, so why replace it?” The reality is that older devices can lead to a silent, invisible drain on your budget that doesn’t show up on the hardware invoice: the labor leak.

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##  [Inside AI's Massive Resource Footprint: Power, Water, and Business Infrastructure](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/inside-ai-s-massive-resource-footprint-power-water-and-business-infrastructure)

  Friday, 08 May 2026

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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We’ve all seen the headlines about what AI can do; it can write your emails, analyze your spreadsheets, and even generate art in seconds. But we rarely talk about what it takes to make that happen. When you ask a chatbot a question, you aren't just tapping into a "brain" in the cloud; you are triggering a massive, physical chain reaction of resource consumption.

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##  [How Google Docs AI Boosts Business Efficiency](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/how-google-docs-ai-boosts-business-efficiency)

  Monday, 04 May 2026

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Nowadays, it’s common for business tools to incorporate AI into their already helpful features. Google Docs is a prime example. As of the time of this writing, Google has recently added a “Help me create” function that can help you get a start on your next project.

Let’s take a look at how it works and how you could potentially utilize it to your advantage.

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##  [What You Need to Know About the FCC Router Ban](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-fcc-router-ban)

  Wednesday, 15 April 2026

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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On March 23, the Federal Communications Commission announced its intention to ban the sale of all foreign-made Wi-Fi routers moving forward, with manufacturers able to apply for a conditional approval exemption on the FCC’s website. While this will obviously have an impact on businesses of all shapes and sizes, it may not be the one you’d expect.

Let’s talk about what this ban means, both in terms of its requirements and in relation to your business. Spoiler: it’s going to get complicated.

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##  [The Ultimate Guide to Intelligent Reporting and Alarms](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-intelligent-reporting-and-alarms)

  Wednesday, 01 April 2026

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Silence is rarely golden—it’s usually a warning sign. Imagine flying a plane through a storm with a blindfold on; that’s exactly what it feels like to run a modern enterprise without a robust monitoring strategy. Whether you're scaling a global cloud infrastructure or managing a delicate web of customer data, reporting and alarms are the digital nervous system that keeps your operation alive. They are the difference between discovering a system failure via a frantic 2 a.m. client call and catching a glitch before it ever touches a customer.

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##  [Mastering BYOD Without Losing Your Mind](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/mastering-byod-without-losing-your-mind)

  Wednesday, 25 March 2026

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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The dream of a company-only device policy died about five minutes after the first smartphone hit the market. Whether you officially allow it or not, your team is likely checking Slack from their sofas and answering emails in the grocery line on their personal phones.

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is no longer a perk; it’s the standard. But without a solid strategy, it’s also a security nightmare waiting to happen. Here is how to embrace the flexibility of BYOD without handing the keys to your kingdom to every malware-laden app on the app store.

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##  [How AI Hallucinations Are Corrupting Archival Truth](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/how-ai-hallucinations-are-corrupting-archival-truth)

  Wednesday, 18 March 2026

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Wikipedia has always been the gold standard for human-vetted information. A recent clash between the Open Knowledge Association (OKA) and veteran Wikipedia editors has highlighted a big issue: AI hallucinations.

What started as an ambitious project to translate and expand the world’s most famous encyclopedia has turned into a cautionary tale about the erosion of AI trust.

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##  [Is Your Business Built for Copilot — or Just Plugged Into It?](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/is-your-business-built-for-copilot-or-just-plugged-into-it)

  Thursday, 05 March 2026

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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AI tools like Microsoft 365 Copilot have moved from hype to expectation. SMB leaders now expect their teams to work faster and smarter with AI support — drafting content, extracting insights from meetings, and turning data into decisions. But whether Copilot delivers on that promise depends on something most businesses overlook.

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##  [Managing Impact, Not Input, in the Knowledge Economy](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/managing-impact-not-input-in-the-knowledge-economy)

  Monday, 02 March 2026

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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You’ve seen the demos. Dashboards filled with green bars, heatmaps of employee activity, and productivity scores that promise to tell you exactly who is working and who is watching Netflix.

To you, it’s monitoring: A way to protect your assets and ensure you’re getting what you pay for. To your team, it’s spying: a digital leash that says, "I don’t trust you to do the job I hired you for."

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##  [Boost Business Collaboration with the Right Communication Tools](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/boost-business-collaboration-with-the-right-communication-tools)

  Friday, 06 February 2026

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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In order for any modern business to be successful, it is crucial that everyone is on the same page…and in order for this to happen, a business needs to have the tools available to collaborate and communicate, internally and externally.

Let’s take a few minutes to go over what these tools look like nowadays to see if we can identify any gaps in your own resources that should be filled.

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##  [AI Doesn’t Need to Replace Workers](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/ai-doesn-t-need-to-replace-workers)

  Monday, 19 January 2026

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Quantifying the impact of AI on employment is notoriously difficult because technology rarely replaces a job in its entirety. Instead, it tends to disassemble a role into its component tasks. While AI is exceptionally efficient at handling repetitive, data-heavy, or predictable processes, it struggles with the high-level reasoning and interpersonal nuances that define many professions.

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##  [3 Types of Data You’ll Need to Dominate In 2026](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/3-types-of-data-you-ll-need-to-dominate-in-2026)

  Wednesday, 14 January 2026

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Is your business ready to grow as we head into 2026? You may have heard that data is what fuels the decisions that lead to growth, but without a focus on the *right* types of data, you could be floundering and playing catch-up. Today, we’re sharing three types of data that your business can use to dominate in 2026, as well as solutions to help you collect it.

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##  [No, It Isn’t Just You… Technology is Getting Worse Over Time](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/no-it-isn-t-just-you-technology-is-getting-worse-over-time)

  Monday, 12 January 2026

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Do you remember when you were able to Google something and get the answer immediately, and not have to scroll past ads, sponsored results, and a not-totally-reliable answer hallucinated by an AI? You aren’t the only one. This trend of gradually declining quality in the products and services we all rely on has a very specific, descriptive name that efficiently captures what is happening to tech while also making all our feelings about it exceptionally clear.

In 2022, technology critic and author Cory Doctorow coined the term “*enshittification.”* The term was named the Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society in 2023, even beating out “AI.” It has proved so resonant that its use has expanded beyond social media platforms to include hardware, software, and technology in general.

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##  [3 Proactive Ways to Maintain Your Business Technology](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/3-proactive-ways-to-maintain-your-business-technology)

  Wednesday, 07 January 2026

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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It’s easy to think of IT as a money sink. No matter how much you spend, there’s always some issue that surfaces, requiring a considerable investment on your part. But what if we told you that you don’t have to worry about IT issues?

With the right approach, you can transition from the traditional reactive method of IT maintenance to proactive IT solutions, designed to save you money.

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##  [Your IT Should Offer Benefits to Your Business’ Audience, Too](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/your-it-should-offer-benefits-to-your-business-audience-too)

  Monday, 05 January 2026

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Every so often, it helps to reflect for a moment on the purpose of your business, which is—with almost no exceptions—to deliver a good or service to your customers/clients. As such, every improvement you make to your technology should yield dividends for this base, even if the improvement is internal.

Let’s talk about how this might take shape and how we can help you facilitate it.

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##  [The Real Reasons You Hate Tech (And Why It’s Not Your Fault)](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/the-real-reasons-you-hate-tech-and-why-it-s-not-your-fault)

  Tuesday, 30 December 2025

  [Daniel Mathieu](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/blogger/daniel-mathieu)

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Let’s be honest for a second. You didn’t start your business because you love configuring firewalls or figuring out why the printer is offline for the third time this week. You started your business to do what you’re good at. Yet somewhere along the way, technology became a necessary evil—a constant source of friction that feels like it eats up your budget and your patience.

If you’ve ever wanted to throw your laptop out the window, you aren't alone. Here is why technology feels like such a headache, and why the problem isn’t you—it’s the approach.

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##  [Who's Pulling the Strings? Understanding and Fighting the Digital Algorithm](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/who-s-pulling-the-strings-understanding-and-fighting-the-digital-algorithm)

  Monday, 22 December 2025

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You've heard the grumbling, seen the memes, and probably even felt it yourself: that vague, all-powerful entity known as the algorithm. It's blamed for everything from political polarization to your inexplicable obsession with people eating military rations. What exactly is it, and what digital giants are pulling its strings?

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##  [Avoiding Digital Lemons is Easy with Strategic IT Roadmapping](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/avoiding-digital-lemons-is-easy-with-strategic-it-roadmapping)

  Friday, 12 December 2025

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You invested in technology to support your business, spending time and money to acquire and implement it. What happens if that technology turns out to be a lemon… a high-priced item that’s ultimately a dud, or at the very least doesn’t mesh with your future plans?

This is often the result when tech is purchased to fix a short-term issue without a long-term strategy, and ultimately means that the purchaser loses money and productivity due to incompatibility issues. Alternatively, planning a strategic roadmap for your IT to follow helps ensure your investments actually advance your business’ future.

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##  [Ignoring Your IT Asset Management Could Cost Your Business Serious Cash](https://datalyst.directivesites.com/blog/ignoring-your-it-asset-management-could-cost-your-business-serious-cash)

  Friday, 05 December 2025

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How much control do you *really* have over your IT assets? Oftentimes, businesses will consider other priorities, like sales, operations, and customer service, before they focus on IT systems and resources. The problem with this is that it creates a significant burden for your business, both in terms of the hidden financial drains and serious security vulnerabilities that undermine your business’ stability.

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